artifacts

quilts

household furnishings

Artifacts

The Museum's collection of artifacts comprises a broad cross-section of historical materials providing opportunities for insights and exploration of Healdsburg and its surrounding areas. Highlights include:

POMO & WAPPO INDIAN ARTIFACTS: An extensive collection of decorative and utilitarian baskets of local Native origin, Native American stone tools and ethnographic research materials from the Southern Pomo and Western Wappo tribes; both tribes are considered among the world’s most skilled basket makers.

TEXTILES: Outstanding quilts and some samplers representing the finest examples of hand-crafted items, many handed down through generations. Men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and accessories (including hats, shoes and jewelry) including military artifacts and uniforms from local men and women who served in the Armed Forces.

ARCHITECTURAL REMNANTS & BUSINESS FURNISHINGS: The original doorknob from the first City Hall, draftsman tools and original plat of the City, and original floor plans of historic buildings, and original card catalogs from the Carnegie Library.